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<p>The <a class="reference external" href="/download/releases/2.7/">first release candidate of Python 2.7</a> has been released for testing.</p>
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<p>The <a class="reference external" href="http://www.europython.eu/talks/timetable/">conference schedule</a> for <a class="reference external" href="http://www.europython.eu/">EuroPython 2010</a> (Monday July 19th until Thursday July 22nd) has now been made available, along with a convenient <a class="reference external" href="http://www.europython.eu/talks/talk_abstracts/">list of talks</a></p>
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